treatment. earlier this week we learned the president s son struck a deal with prosecutors that lets him avoid jail time. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich starts us off tonight. jacqui, good evening. good evening, trace. white house officials say hunter biden, who just accepted a plea agreement with federal prosecutors, was invited to last night s state dinner with the attorney general you because he is the president s son and white house members attend events. officials were very rye sis tant giving answers how the case was handled and the president s role in it. let me say let me save you some breath. if you are going to ask about this, i am not addressing. kirby wouldn t answer james question though. are you going to answer the question? it s not unreasonable question to ask. after a lot of pushback the white house now says this comment still holds true. i have never spoken to my son about his overseas business dealings. despite a text message whist
johnson. so that s coming up. it is rishi sunak speaking at the launch of tech week, technically, but we will be on watch forjohnson mentions. that s all coming up. let s hearfrom you, mentions. that s all coming up. let s hear from you, 85058 on the text, 08085 909693 on the phones. this is the nation s phone ins. and we have got the news for you with bethan. a committee of mps who ve been investigating whether borisjohnson misled parliament about lockdown parties at downing street are to finish their inquiry today and decide when it ll be published. mrjohnson resigned as an mp on friday describing the committee as a kangaroo court after he saw an advanced copy. scotland s first minister humza yousaf is facing pressure to suspend his predecessor nicola sturgeon from the snp after she was arrested. ms sturgeon was questioned as part of a police investigation into the party s finances. she was later released without charge and insists she s innocent of any wrongdo
we innovate. we compete. we can do an amazing job together. bret: on ukraine, congressman gonzalez the pentagon announcing accounting area $6.2 million extra for ukraine. a lot of people don t understand how $6.2 billion can be found in the couch in the government. but it happened. you are a supporter of getting whatever ukraine needs. but, in the republican party, there is some pushback. you acknowledge that, right? and where do you think this is going? no. there is no doubt that every dollar that we give to any foreign government to include helping ukraine needs to be accounted for. we can t just write blank checks and expect problems to be solved. the other part of it, too. what happens in ukraine does not just impact ukraine. it impacts the entire world from grain and food to national security. taiwan is certainly at the agenda in the region as well. bret: all right, last thing, for people at home who say come on this is all rose colored glasses, you are just talking happy ta
this, when the tectonic plates of technology are shifting notjust in al, but in quantum, synthetic ai, but in quantum, synthetic biology, semiconductors and much more, we cannot rest satisfied with where we stand. we must act, and act quickly if we want not only to retain our position as one of the world s tech capitals, but to go even further and make this the best country in the world to start, grow and invest in tech businesses. that is my goal and ifeel a sense and invest in tech businesses. that is my goal and i feel a sense of responsibility to make sure we seize it. one of my five priorities is to grow our economy. and the more we innovate, the more we grow. but this isn tjust innovate, the more we grow. but this isn t just about economics. innovate, the more we grow. but this isn tjust about economics. like you, i believe that innovation is one of the most powerful forces for transforming people s lives. right now, there is an opportunity for human progress that could surpass